Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/peľati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to propel, to drive”), via obsolescent *pelti +‎ *-jati. The later is attested in obsolete Slovene plẹ́ti (1p. sg. pres. pelem).

The Bulgarian descendant has merged with the reflex of unrelated Proto-Slavic *pylěti, *pyľati (“to dissipate”).

Verb edit

*peľati impf^[1]

to conduct, to lead, to propel
to run, to proceed

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of *peľati, *peľa, *peľajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*peľanьje	*peľati	*peľatъ	*peľalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*peľanъ	*peľajemъ
Active	*peľavъ	*peľaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*peľaxъ	*peľa	*peľa	*peľajǫ	*peľaješi	*peľajetь
Dual	*peľaxově	*peľasta	*peľaste	*peľajevě	*peľajeta	*peľajete
Plural	*peľaxomъ	*peľaste	*peľašę	*peľajemъ	*peľajete	*peľajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*peľaaxъ	*peľaaše	*peľaaše	—	*peľaji	*peľaji
Dual	*peľaaxově	*peľaašeta	*peľaašete	*peľajivě	*peľajita	—
Plural	*peľaaxomъ	*peľaašete	*peľaaxǫ	*peľajimъ	*peľajite	—

Related terms edit

*pelnъ (“captivity”)
*pelestъ (“protrusion”) (possibly)

Descendants edit

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пеле́я (peléja) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: пиле́я (piléja), пи́лям (píljam, “to misspend, to squander”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пѐљати
  
  Latin script: pèljati
- Slovene: peljáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: pielać (“to hurry”)
- Slovak: peľať

References edit

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “peljati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pel'a̋ti, izpeljano iz pslovan. *pelti”